Extra-judicial kilings: Ranvir Singh’s encounter vs kugan’s encounter

LEAVING NORMAL: KUGAN A/L ANANTHAN

HE WAS REPORTED AS “BEING INVESTIGATED FOR A SERIES OF ROBBERIES AND THEFT OF LUXURY CARS”, AGED 22; A CRIMINAL SUSPECT UNDER DETENTION AT THE “SUBANG JAYA POLICE STATION”.

NOW HE’S DEAD AND THE POLICE SAID “HE WAS ASTHMATIC” AND ASK FOR NO “SPECULATIONS” ON KUGAN’S CAUSE OF DEATH. PICTURES TAKEN OF HIS BODY ARE NOW SPREAD ALL OVER THE NET AND THERE ARE BRUISES, LACERATIONS AND WOUNDS (AS SEEN AT THE MALAYSIA-TODAY.NET AND REPORTED BY THE SUN).

IT’S ANOTHER DEATH UNDER POLICE CUSTODY, ANOTHER NUMBERED ITEM ON A LONG LIST OF SUCH CASES CONSTANTLY BEING SHOVED UNDER THE CARPET BY THE AUTHORITIES. AND YET WE ARE BEING ASKED TO GRIN AND BEAR IT, AS PER USUAL

THE RECENT ‘ENCOUNTER’ OF RANVIR SINGH IN UTTARAKHAND HAS ONCE AGAIN RAISED THE ISSUE OF POLICE BRUTALITY AND ABSOLUTE LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY AMONG THE FORCE.

FOR A CHANGE, THE UTTARAKHAND CHIEF MINISTER WHO HAS JUST TAKEN CHARGE AND WANTS AN IMAGE MAKEOVER FOR THE STATE GOVERNMENT, SWIFTLY RECOMMENDED CBI INQUIRY. UNLIKE IN MOST CASES, IT SEEMS JUSTICE MIGHT BE DONE IN THIS CASE.

OTHERWISE IN MOST CASES THE INQUIRIES ARE ORDERED AFTER MONTHS AND YEARS SO THAT WHATEVEREVIDENCESEXIST AGAINST POLICEMEN SHOULD VANISH BY THEN.

THE INCIDENT HIT HEADLINES JUST BECAUSE RANBIR WAS CONSIDERED ‘SOMEONE LIKE US‘–AN MBA. AND WHEN THE POLICE SAID HE WAS A TERRORIST, THE VOCAL URBAN MIDDLE-CLASS AND TV CHANNELS WERE SUSPICIOUS. HOW CAN HE BE A TERRORIST?

A DREAMY-EYED YOUTH FROM GHAZIABAD GOING TO DEHRADUN FOR HIS FIRST JOB POSTING. HIS FAMILY BACKGROUND MAY NOT BE AS ‘UPWARDLY MOBILE’ AS MANY ANCHORS AND REPORTERS IN THE NATIONAL MEDIA, STILL HE HAILED FROM NEIGHBOURING GHAZIABAD AND THE ENCOUNTER TOOK PLACE NOT TOO FAR FROM DELHI. OTHERWISE, INNUMBERABLE SUCH KILLINGS TAKE PLACE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY WITHOUT GETTING EVEN A MENTION.

RURAL CITIZENS AND POOR WHO CAN’T PULL STRINGS KEEP GETTING KILLED IN ENCOUNTERS WITHOUT ANY PROPER INQUIRIES. MOST MAGISTERIAL INQUIRIES ARE EYEWASH, AS THE MAGISTRATES WHO CONDUCT THEM ARE FRIENDLY TO THE POLICE AND HAVE TO WORK ALONG SIDE THEM. THE DOCTORS WHO CONDUCT POST-MORTEM REPORTS DON’T GO AGAINST THE STATE GOVERNMENT (POLICE)readmore click below

Extra-judicial kilings: Ranvir Singh’s encounter vs kugan’s encounter